Overview of the Collection
Biography of Howard E. Cornell
Restrictions
Index Terms
Administrative Information
Index to Personal, Corporate and Vessel Names
Detailed Description of the Collection
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Repository:
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G. W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport |
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Creator:
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Cornell, Howard E. (Howard Eldridge), 1870 or
1871-1939 |
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Title:
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Collection of Howard E. Cornell |
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Dates:
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1851-1938 |
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Extent:
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157 items |
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Abstract:
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The collection consists in part of
specifications for engines, tugs, dredges, and pilot boats. There are also general business papers,
of Reaney, Neafie & Co., and then Neafie and Levy Ship & Engine Building Co. Business
correspondence, record books, congressional reports, and documents pertaining to the
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Identification:
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Coll. 84 |
Howard E. Cornell was a marine engineer and naval architect who acted as the receiving
officer for the Neafie and Levy Ship & Engine Building Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, when it
went out of business in the early 1900s. In 1902 the company was building three destroyers, the
U.S.S. BAINBRIDGE, BARRY, and CHAUNCEY, for the U.S. Navy.
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Restrictions on Access
Available for use in the Manuscripts Division
Restrictions on Use
Various copying restriction apply. Guidelines are available from the Manuscripts
Division. See also: Mystic Seaport's copyright notice.
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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the G. W. Blunt White Library. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
Corporate Bodies (Including Vessels):
Bainbridge (Destroyer : DD-1)
Barry (Destroyer : DD-2)
Chauncey (Destroyer : DD-3)
Neafie & Levy Ship & Engine Building Co.
Reaney, Neafie & Co.
United States. Navy
Subjects:
Dredges--Specifications
Marine engineering--United States
Marine engines--Specifications
Naval architecture--United States
Pilot boats--Specifications
Shipbuilding--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Tugboats--Specifications
Document Types:
Specifications
Occupations:
Marine engineers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Naval architects--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
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Preferred Citation
Coll. 84, Manuscripts Collection, G. W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc.
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NOTE: The fraction(s) indicate the Box and Folder numbers where that particular reference can be found. For example, the researcher will find information about the U.S.S. BAINBRIDGE in Box 2, Folder 7 of the collection.
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BAINBRIDGE (U.S.S.) |
2/7, 2/8 |
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Baldwin Locomotive Works |
2/6 |
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BARRY (U.S.S.) |
2/7, 2/8 |
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Bowles, Francis T. |
2/8 |
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Chapman, W. C. |
2/6 |
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CHAUNCEY (U.S.S.) |
2/7, 2/8 |
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Harrity, William F. |
2/4 |
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King, James R. |
2/7 |
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Kingsley, George E. |
2/6 |
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Lemley, Samuel C. |
2/7 |
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Levy, John A. |
2/3 |
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McMurtrie, R.C. |
2/4 |
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Neafie, Jacob G. |
2/3 |
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Reaney, Thomas |
2/3 |
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Reaney, William B. |
2/3 |
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Stone, George R. |
2/4 |
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The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
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Papers; 1921-1937
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Folder
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Papers including
specifications for the pilot boat DELAWARE and an agreement to build the pilot boat; 1921 |
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Papers including data
sheets and specifications of oil burning vs.coal burning for ships' power plants; undated |
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Papers including
notes, engineering drawings, estimates, bids, and specifications; 1921-1928 |
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Specifications for the
construction of a steel hull for a derrick scow for the M. P. Howlett Co., Inc. of Philadelphia,
Penn.; undated |
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Papers including a
notice of Public Hearing, maps, and a copy of an address, all pertaining to the New Jersey Canal; 1937 |
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Papers; 1851-1920
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Box
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Aricles of agreement
between Thomas Reaney, Jacob G. Neafie, John P. Levy, for the founding of the firm Reaney,
Neafie, & Co., Kensington, Penn.; 1851 |
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Deed, executed by
Thomas Reaney of Philadelphia, Penn., assigned a patent for an improved propeller design to
Jacob G. Neafie and John P. Levy; 1859 Dec 31 |
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Letters pertaining to
the firm of Reaney, Neafie, & Co.; 1859 |
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Papers, including
letters, and incorporation papers pertaining to the firm of Neafie & Levy Ship and Engine
Building Co., Penn. Works, Philadephia; 1891 |
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Papers, including a
letter patent and a stock certificate for the Neafie & Levy Ship & Engine Building Co., Penn.
Works, Philadephia; 1915 |
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Papers, including a
letter and postcard from Guantanamo, Cuba, pertaining to a fire engine built by Neafie and Levy
1868, no. 38; 1920 |
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Letters pertaining to
installment payments by the Navy Department for the Destroyer U.S.S. BAINBRIDGE; 1902 |
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Letters pertaining to
contracts, vouchers, and payments for the destroyers U.S.S. BAINBRIDGE, BARRY, and
CHAUNCEY; 1902 |
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Papers including an
agreement and specifications relative to changes in the contract for the construction of the
destroyers U.S.S. BAINBRIDGE, BARRY, and CHAUNCEY; 19202 |
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Papers including
complete weekly recap of labor and natual costs for the destroyers U.S.S. BAINBRIDGE,
BARRY, and CHAUNCEY; 1903 |
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Bonds to
accompany the contracts for the destroyers U.S.S. BAINBRIDGE, BARRY, and CHAUNCEY in
the amount of $42,450 each; 1898 |
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Briefs prepared by
the firm of Neafie & Levy petitioning for an increase in contractural price in the case of the
Destroyers U.S.S. BAINBRIDGE, BARRY, and CHAUNCEY; 1902 |
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Tonnage table for
torpedo boat destroyers, setting forth the weight in tons of all component parts; undated |
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Tables of
standardization and endurance trials runs for the destroyers for the U.S.S. BARRY and
CHAUNCEY; 1902 |
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Statement relative
to the cost of torpedo boats and torpedo boat destroyers authorized by the act of May 4, 1898 in
conection with relief of the contractors therefore; 1902 |
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Study analysis of
cost details in the construction of the destroyers U.S.S. BAINBRIDGE, BARRY, and
CHAUNCEY as taken from the books of original entry of the Neafie & Levy Ship and Engine
Building Co.; undated (187 pieces ) |
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Reprint from the
Journal of the AMERICAN SOCIETY of NAVAL ENGINEERS, an article by James Nelson
Alexander entitled "U.S. Torpedo-Boat Destroyers BAIBRIDGE, BARRY and CHAUNCEY"; 1902 |
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Imprint entitled
"Statement of the Builders of Torpedo Boats and Torpedo Boats Destroyers to Committees on
Claims 58th Congress Requesting Relief" under the provisions of Senate Bill 4008 and House
Resolution 10346; 1905 |
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Imprint by John
Isaac Thornycroft and Sidney Walker Barnaby entitled "Torpedo-Boat Destroyers published by
The Institute of Civil Engineers, London, England; 1895 |
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Volumes; 1915-1936
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Volume
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Monograph, House
Doucment No. 93, 74th Congress, 2nd Session, entitled "New York Bay-Delaware River Section
of the Intra-Coastal Waterway"; 1936 |
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Mongraph, Wilfred
H. Schoff, "The Intra-Coastal Waterway" (Philadelphia: Atlantic Deep Waters, Association); 1915 |
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Monograph, U.S.
Department of Commerce, serial No. 444, "Distance Between United States Ports"; 1930 |
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Mongraph, Senate
Documents, No,. 279, 65 Congress, 2nd Session, "Atlantic Intra-Coastal Canals"; 1918 |
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Hull recordbook,
setting forth the mold loft dimensions for hulls, no. 899 to 958 inclusive; undated |
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Hull recordbook,
setting forth the mold loft dimensions for hulls, no. 959 to 1,012 inclusive; undated |
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Engineering record
book, setting forth the boilers, leg boilers, and propeller sizes, dimensions, and specifications for
approximately 900 hulls; undated |
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